Percy Grainger
Dublin Core
Title
Percy Grainger
Subject
Description
silver gelatin print.
Photo: 21.1 x 16 cm
Photo and card: 25.2 x 20.2 cm
Although taken in a formal studio setting, this photograph was certainly not meant for promotional purposes. Grainger had his portrait taken by Mary Dale Clark on a number of occasions over a period of years including while he was enlisted in the army. Clark was a self-styled mystic who used photography to ‘look for the spirit within’ her sitters.
Grainger was aware of the photograph’s capacity to look past the constructed façade and capture the essence of a subject’s psychological and emotional inner-world.
Photo: 21.1 x 16 cm
Photo and card: 25.2 x 20.2 cm
Although taken in a formal studio setting, this photograph was certainly not meant for promotional purposes. Grainger had his portrait taken by Mary Dale Clark on a number of occasions over a period of years including while he was enlisted in the army. Clark was a self-styled mystic who used photography to ‘look for the spirit within’ her sitters.
Grainger was aware of the photograph’s capacity to look past the constructed façade and capture the essence of a subject’s psychological and emotional inner-world.
Date
c.1918
Type
Identifier
17.0060.1